Poem from a Book
| (1) Author. | Angelou, Maya. |
| (2) "Title of Source." | "Still I Rise." |
| (3) Title of Container, | Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers, |
| (4) Other contributors, | edited by John Schilb and John Clifford, |
| (5) Version, | 7th ed., |
| (6) Number, | |
| (7) Publisher, | Bedford/St. Martin's, |
| (8) Publication date, | 2020, |
| (9) Location. | pp. 127-131. |
Putting it all together:
Angelou, Maya. "Still I Rise." Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers, edited by John Schilb and John Clifford, 7th ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2020, pp. 127-131.
Poem from a Website
| (1) Author. | Angelou, Maya. |
| (2) "Title of Source." | "Still I Rise." |
| (3) Title of Container, | Poetry Foundation, |
| (4) Other contributors, | |
| (5) Version, | |
| (6) Number, | |
| (7) Publisher, | |
| (8) Publication date, | 2020, |
| (9) Location. | www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise. |
Putting it all together:
Angelou, Maya. "Still I Rise." Poetry Foundation, 2020, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise.
Keep quotes brief - ideally just a few words. The purpose of quotes is to set up your analysis, so only quote what is necessary to make you point. There are two ways to format quotes:
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Use block quotes only when absolutely necessary, and be sure to provide extensive analysis if you do. Write a sentence to introduce the block quote, and end the sentence with a colon instead of a period. Indent 1/2" on the left margin. Add an in-text citation at the end of the block quote, after the final punctuation. |
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Brief Quote
Line breaks in brief quotes for poetry are indicated with a slash (/) and stanza breaks with a double slash (//).
Maya Angelou evokes natural forces "Just like moons and like suns, / With the certainty of tides," to demonstrate strength and the inevitability of her rise ("Still I Rise" lines 9-10). When she writes "Still I'll rise. // Did you want to see me broken? / Bowed head and lowered eyes?", she insists that she will rise even if the reader did not expect or want her to do so (lines 12-14).
Block Quote
Angelou evokes natural forces to demonstrate strength and insists that she will rise even if the reader did not expect or want her to do so: